Glen Campbell:Glen Campbell Brings Grammy Audience to Its Feet
Glen Campbell:Glen Campbell Brings Grammy Audience to Its Feet _ Country music veteran Glen Campbell, diagnosed last year with Alzheimer’s disease, had no trouble remembering words, as his signature song, as he gave a rousing performance of “Rhinestone Cowboy” at the Grammy Awards Show Sunday.

75-year-old artist on stage with modern country stars of the band and Perry Blake Shelton, who before him with their own versions of two other hits Campbell, “Gentle on My Mind” and “Southern Nights.”
Within a short time had celebrity studded crowd at Staples Center on their feet and sang, including former Beatle Paul McCartney and guitarist Joe Walsh, who was seen dancing in the aisle with his wife, Marjorie.
Since the showman, Campbell pointed to a microphone on the segment for each Church and invite them to participate on the track, “like a rhinestone cowboy!” Hall is a music and light all happily obliged.
Power supply without problems, ended in a hail of cheers and applause as Campbell cried, “thank you for everything!” then turned to leave the stage, as the lights went down and was heard gamefully questions: “where do I go?”
Campbell, a five-Grammy winner, suffering from short term memory loss in years, revealed in a people magazine article in June that he was diagnosed six months ago in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
His wife, Kim, said then that the couple decided to go public with his diagnosis before the final, farewell tour, which began in the autumn of 2011.
Campbell began as a session guitarist and producer for The Beach Boys, Phil Spector before rising to fame in the 1960s with hits that include “Wichita player” and “when I get to Phoenix.” Perhaps his most famous song, “Rhinestone Cowboy” a number 1 hit in 1975.
He hosted his own variety show, and CBS’s “Glen Campbell of the eco-label criteria, hour,” from 1969 to 1972, and starred with John Wayne in the original 1969 film version of “True grit.”

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